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Lately the Coming Soon to a House Near You! baby has been the biggest thing weighing on my mind.

Some days I think about him in the abstract.

Other days I suddenly realize we only have about 3 months left and we haven’t even finished setting up his room yet and I have a moment kind of like this:

And then I immediately start putting together mobiles and taking stuffed animals out of boxes and moving around the crib and hyperventilating. And Drea lets out a long sigh and gets up off the sofa and comes into the room to help me.

But aside from all the preparation I’ve often wondered to myself if I’m going to be able to step up to the challenge and take care of another little living thing when it absolutely needs me.

And then Christmas night, while taking the dogs on our usual before-bed walk, we came across a box turned over in the snow. And the box was meowing.

The dogs and I proceeded with caution until a little kitten popped out, no more than 7 weeks old. Murphy suddenly looked like he was going to lunge and I pulled back on his leash and gave him a look that said “You go after that cat, you die!”

The turned over box had some holes in the side, a tiny blanket and a handful of cat food. Our best guess is that this was a Christmas present that someone didn’t want. But in 20 degree Chicago weather this kitten probably wouldn’t have lasted the night. So I scooped him up, tried to wrap him in my scarf and headed back home.

I was in Brooklyn this past week and behind my friends house there were 3 tiny kittens living beneath a grill. I freaked out, because it was the Snowpocolypse, and I had just spent the past 15 hours traveling and was sitting at my friends house, alone, and OH MY GOD THEY WILL FREEZE.

If I had been at my house in Oakland, those three kitties would’ve been in my apartment faster than you can say Lolcats, but it wasn’t to be. I called a local non-profit that rescued feral cats and asked for their help, but they never got back to me. Luckily it warmed up in Brooklyn, and I witnessed the mom cat leading them away, so I can only pray they survived and someone else rescued them.

Reading this story about your new little kitty makes me feel happy that at least one little kitty in the world made it to a loving home!

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When it comes to the variety of games and platforms, Gamefly doesn’t disappoint; they offer over 7,000 games and support for all the newest consoles, and a few classics as well. If you’re a PC gamer, sorry, but Gamefly doesn’t have any games for you! That’s one disadvantages I’ll chalk up for them.

The electronic cigarette is the only thing that’s given me hope that I can stay off tobacco cigarettes forever. I prefer electronic cigarettes now, by far, and to take them away from me and the thousands like me who have experienced this marvel of technology is, I think, a travesty.

Took me time to read all the comments, but I truly loved the blog post. It proved to be very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenters here! It’s continually nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I’m sure you had fun writing this post.

I totally love Justin Bieber. JB is so dreamy. He is one of my favorite performers ever and he’s super cute also. What do you think is going down with him and KK? Are they just buddies or is it something more? He’s way younger than her!